ngiolo Logi, then professor of Architecture at Florence University, and
Ilaria Medici, a silversmith and student of Architecture, wed in London
in 1973 and spent the following 6 years travelling the world.
They settled in Sydney in 1979 and SilverPuzzle was founded in the same
year in Paddington, where their collection can be viewed in elegant surroundings.
The extensive research done by Logis into the behavioural
The Silver Puzzle collection represents a narrative of forms and symbolic motifs which continue to evolve through the Logis exposure to the inspiration they find in natural realities such as leaves, seedpods, animals, shapes that have both geographic and universal references.
Following their participation in an historic design exhibition at the Castel Sant’Angelo in Rome in October ’99, the Logis have become involved with several Italian silverware designers famous for producing quality contemporary design.
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characteristics of silver in its fluid molten state before it sets in a tridimensional mould has given their work its unique character. By pushing
the conventional limits of their technique with sterling silver,
they have achieved a new quality of design which has won them critical
acclaim throughout Australia, the US and Europe. |
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They share with these designers the same rigorous study into the properties of silver, its malleability, colour, reflective power and luminosity, that creates the essential features of their design. A full panorama of Italian contemporary silverware design will be on show at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney 2003, in a major exhibition entitled ‘Italian Silver of the 20th Century.’ |
Their studies into the tactile properties of silver objects obtained with the 'lost wax' casting technique, have revealed new methods of challenging the conventional approaches to perception.
Their aim is to allow you to see with your fingers, touch with your mind…
The Logis, as promoters
and organisers have put together a sample from the collection housed in
the ‘Museo degli Argenti’ at the Castle of Sartirana in northern Italy.
A selection of the works by Brandimarte, De Vecchi, Pampaloni, and Gatto Bianco are already on show at SilverPuzzle.